Be welcome Alland, you are the 100^th member of this list and is a nice coincidence that it happened in the first day of 2006.

If the bell rang within you, then it rang at the right time, because wintertime is the best to start SG, due to the lower intensity of the sunlight, allowing thus a gentle startup. And if the earth is cold, just forget about being barefoot on bare earth.

Good luck and hasta la vista!